A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
In May, Crisil had estimated the economy to contract by 5 per cent. The latest projection comes days after official data for the June quarter showed a contraction of 23.9 per cent in the economy. Crisil said the 9 per cent contraction will be the highest...
The dollar's downtrend will continue into next year, driven largely by the U.S. Federal Reserve's shift to a new policy framework, although expectations for a deep fall in a sustained way have waned somewhat from last month, a Reuters poll found.
The NC leader was reacting to the use of force on the Shia mourners in some parts of the city here on Sunday. Police fired tear smoke shells and pellets on the mourners leading to injuries to several of them.
A sanction order issued by the Pakistan government on August 18 proscribing 88 terrorists under the United Nations Sanction Resolution has also named Dawood Ibrahim, the perpetrator of the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
Scrambling for replacements following a coronavirus outbreak, the Miami Marlins added a Moran, a Morin, two pitchers named Josh Smith and a former Olympic medalist in speedskating.
The Muppets have been describing life under lockdown ahead of the start of their new series, and the loveable puppets have been using video conferencing, learning new skills and appreciating some alone time.
The 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton Poll showed Labour's popularity at 53%, a rise of 3 percentage points from late June.
Tihar, which has over 16,000 inmates across its various jails, had started Project Sanjeevan in association with Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY) in January 2019 to train inmates.
However, eight nationals from Kyrgyzstan and three from Bangladesh did not plead guilty to the charges against them and claimed trial before the court.
Depression is a serious mental health issue, but many fail to realise that it affects children and adolescents too.
Though it is hard to argue with the intention of SVANidhi Scheme that offers Rs 10,000 as credit for working capital to each vendor, it is important to think through how such a scheme might play out.
Sources say while HD Deve Gowda has still not decided whether to take up the Congress's offer of support to fight the Rajya Sabha polls, Mallikarjun Kharge seems all set to begin a new innings from the upper house.
Brad Smith expressed scepticism that this technology could be adopted at a meaningful scale.
India has cancelled passenger flights and rail transportation during the strict lockdown imposed on March 25.
